James Ray's Lawyers Want Trial Moved to Phoenix

​Lawyers for snake-oil salesman/"spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray want the Oprah-approved "self-help" guru's manslaughter trial moved from Yavapai County to a court in the Phoenix area.

Ray's attorneys don't believe it's possible for their client to get a fair trial in Yavapai County because of extensive media coverage of the case. They've renewed a request asking the trial be moved to Maricopa County.

Ray's lawyers made a similar request last summer, which was denied by Judge Warren Darrow. At the time, though, Darrow said he'd still consider the request as the case moves closer to trial.

One of the victims, 49-year-old Liz Neuman, of Prior Lake, Minnesota,
died of multiple-organ failure after the ceremony. The other two victims, 38-year-old Kirby Brown
of Westtown, New York, and 40-year-old James Shore of Wisconsin, each
fell victim to heat stroke after being in the sweat tent.